Was the invasion of Gaza happenstance or opportunistic? [View all]

[kentuck]

For a few days, the number one story in all the media was the shoot down of the civilian Malaysian plane and who did it?

Whether planned or not, Israel invaded Gaza just at that moment. One would have to be rather cynical, I suppose, to think they saw an opportunity and took it? It was just coincidence, I am sure.

Lest we confuse the reality, Israel did invade Gaza - Gaza did not invade Israel.

We are told, and there is no reason to believe it is not true, that Hamas "terrorists" had a tunnel network in which they were infiltrating the country of Israel? It must be true - it was on TV.

Also, we were told, as we have been told every time in the past, that Hamas was shooting hundreds and thousands of rockets into Israel. We have no way of verifying but why would we believe it is not true?

And we were informed on the television that the Hamas terrorists were hiding their guns in the schools and hospitals and that is why Israel attacked those places and that is why innocent women and children were killed. Hamas was hiding its weapons behind their children. Why should we not believe that?

After all, a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. Right?